Queen Elizabeth II Country Park
87 ha
Plan your visit
🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🦋Insects
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome87 ha
Getting here
55.19254, -1.55369
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦80+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Black-headed Gull and Mute Swan
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 🅿️Queen Elizabeth II Country Park 436m away
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦80+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Black-headed Gull and Mute Swan
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 🅿️Queen Elizabeth II Country Park 436m away
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Black-headed Gull, Mute Swan, Canada Goose +77 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Birds — Black-headed Gull, Mute Swan, Canada Goose +77 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Blue-tailed Damselfly, Emperor Dragonfly, 7-spot Ladybird +46 more · last seen 2026
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Herb-Robert, White Dead-nettle, Greater Plantain +33 more · last seen 2025
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Named cycling route nearby: NCN National Route 155
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Northumberland Coast PathWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
King Charles III England Coast Path: South Bents to AmbleWalking route▾
Named routeRef ECPNational walking route
47 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
NCN National Route 155Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 155National Cycle Network
Route 1Cycling route▾
NCN 1 Tyne to Alnmouth
Named routeRef 1National Cycle Network
EuroVelo 12 - North Sea Cycle Route - part United Kingdom 6Cycling route▾
Tynemouth - Edinburgh
Named routeRef EV12International cycle route
Main RouteCycling route212 m▾
Named routeLength 212 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route39 m▾
Named routeRef 1Length 39 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route4 km▾
Named routeRef 1Length 4 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Photos
Lake, Queen Elizabeth II Country Park
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
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Wildlife to spot
13,264 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
13,264 records · National Biodiversity NetworkMallard · Canada Goose · Mute Swan · Whooper Swan · Magpie +42
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus2025
- MagpiePica pica
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Tree SparrowPasser montanus2025
- GreenshankTringa nebularia2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Great TitParus major
- GoldeneyeBucephala clangula2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- GoosanderMergus merganser2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- GadwallMareca strepera2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- EiderSomateria mollissima2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Water RailRallus aquaticus2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Spotted RedshankTringa erythropus2025
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
🦌Mammals2 species
summerwinter
2025▾
Roe Deer · Wood Mouse
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
- Wood MouseApodemus sylvaticus
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2025▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
7-spot Ladybird · Orange Ladybird · Cream-spot Ladybird · 2-spot Ladybird · 10-spot Ladybird +2
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata2025
- Cream-spot LadybirdCalvia quattuordecimguttata2025
- 2-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata2025
- 10-spot LadybirdAdalia decempunctata2025
- Harlequin Ladybird
Sticky Groundsel
- Sticky GroundselSenecio viscosus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
13,264 records · National Biodiversity NetworkMallard · Canada Goose · Mute Swan · Whooper Swan · Magpie +42
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus2025
- MagpiePica pica
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Tree SparrowPasser montanus2025
- GreenshankTringa nebularia2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Great TitParus major
- GoldeneyeBucephala clangula2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- GoosanderMergus merganser2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- GadwallMareca strepera2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- EiderSomateria mollissima2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Water RailRallus aquaticus2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Spotted RedshankTringa erythropus2025
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
🦌Mammals2 species
summerwinter
2025▾
Roe Deer · Wood Mouse
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
- Wood MouseApodemus sylvaticus
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2025▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
7-spot Ladybird · Orange Ladybird · Cream-spot Ladybird · 2-spot Ladybird · 10-spot Ladybird +2
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata2025
- Cream-spot LadybirdCalvia quattuordecimguttata2025
- 2-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata2025
- 10-spot LadybirdAdalia decempunctata2025
- Harlequin Ladybird
Sticky Groundsel
- Sticky GroundselSenecio viscosus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Harmonia axyridis2025
Harmonia axyridis2025
Black-tailed SkimmerOrthetrum cancellatum2025Black-tailed SkimmerOrthetrum cancellatum2025Events & activities nearby
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